Apparently the idea is to promote John Lennon albums ("promote peace") and is being done without the intention of pissing all over King's legacy and trampling his memory.

If the idea sounds a little drug-addled, you have to remember the idea and the piano belong to George Michael:

"The selection of this site evokes a deep sense of emotion for everyone," George Michael said.

"Capturing the image of this special piano on which a song of peace was composed is part of the heartbeat of this project."

It all gives off the same feeling that you get when you see parents getting their kids to stand next to war memorials (or that firefighters' bronze by the World Trade Center site) with big grins on their faces for happy holiday snaps. Trust Michael to raise this failure to understand the significance of place to a whole new level.

3 comments:

karlt
said...

Wow. Just when you think that people have run out of empty, muddle-headed, point missing gestures, along comes another one. I'm struggling to think of any way in which this is remotely appropriate. It's kind of like the memorial service following the Oklahoma city bombing, when some dimbo thought it would be great if all those people who lost a child carried a teddy bear.